Melbourne’s Water Future is the Victorian Government metropolitan strategy that will guide the city’s water cycle management for the next 40 years. It is a strategy that aims to reduce the demand on our drinking water supplies, by promoting a more integrated water management approach.

Council can have a singificant impact on water use, through its own operations and by encouraging the community to be more water wise and initiatives taken by Council in recent years already align with the objectives of Melbourne’s Water Future.

The Victorian Government is carrying out a comprehensive review of Victoria's water laws to deliver a streamlined and effective legislative framework for water management and use in Victoria.

Key changes in the Water Bill Exposure Draft that impact on Council include recognition of Council as a drainage authority and the right of Council to extract and re-distribute stormwater from its assets.